rumor has it "expected fema council report" has been whittled down

I’ve been following the expected release of the Federal Emergency Management (FEMA) Council since its inception. The original report was due in October and now it looks like it will be delivered in December.  An article from the Associated Press highlights the fact that the DRAFT report has shrunk from 160 to about 20 pages. The reduction coming at the hands of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). See the story below.

Trump administration makes major changes to a report it commissioned on FEMA reforms, AP sources say

A very disturbing aspect of the proposed language is the lack of any mention of disaster mitigation. If you expect to reduce the “real costs” of disaster damages, rather than just cutting the federal assistance then you should be pushing for disaster mitigation. In the long run, that is what will reduce disaster costs. It is not surprising to see that language missing since we’ve seen the administration already reduce or eliminate disaster mitigation programs like the Building Resilient Infrastructure Communities (BRIC). A program that Trump established in his first administration.

It will be interesting if anyone on the Republican heavy council objects to language and principles that were eliminated from the text of the report.

While some may wave a copy of the “Stafford Act” as something that needs to be addressed to make changes, to date we have not seen policies, precedent, laws or regulations get in the way of what the boss wants to have happen. Time will tell! At what point might congressional oversight actually start taking place? January 2027?